Kevin Zetrouer v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledApril 29, 2022
Docket2D21-1693
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
KEVIN ZETROUER,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 2D21-1693
April 29, 2022
Appeal from the Circuit Court for DeSoto County; Don T. Hall,
Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Dane K. Chase, Special
Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee; Michael S. Roscoe,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa; and Cynthia Richards,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa (substituted as counsel of
record), for Appellee.
MORRIS, Chief Judge.
Kevin Zetrouer appeals his convictions, after a jury trial, for
trafficking in oxycodone, possession of methamphetamine,
possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Zetrouer raises two issues on appeal, only one of which warrants a
reversal.
Zetrouer argues that he is entitled to a judgment of acquittal
on the possession of marijuana count because the State did not
introduce evidence of the marijuana that he allegedly possessed or
evidence that the marijuana was legitimately unavailable. The
State correctly concedes error on this issue. See G.E.G. v. State,
417 So. 2d 975, 977 (Fla. 1982) ("[W]hen a defendant is charged
with possession of a controlled substance, that substance, if
available, must be introduced into evidence . . . ."); see also D.R.S.
v. State, 912 So. 2d 1280, 1281 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005); Williams v.
State, 870 So. 2d 71, 71 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). Accordingly, we
reverse Zetrouer's conviction for possession of marijuana and
remand for a new sentencing hearing using a corrected scoresheet.
See Fernandez v. State, 199 So. 3d 500, 502 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016) ("In
general, when the vacation of a conviction would result in changes
to the defendant's scoresheet, the defendant is entitled to be
resentenced using a corrected scoresheet."). We affirm Zetrouer's
other convictions.
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Affirmed in part; reversed in part; remanded.
SLEET and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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